Issues building lomiri-telephony-service

Timespansoul · 17 Aug 2024, 01:00

Hi everyone,

so I'm at a loss here.
Problem:
When I try to build lomiri-telephony-service with crossbuilder it fails giving the final error:

mk-build-deps: Unable to install lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps at /usr/bin/mk-build-deps line 457.
mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages

What seems to be the more specific error is this:
Removing lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps:arm64 because I can't find liblomirihistoryservice-dev:arm64

Steps to Reproduce

Clone ubports/focal branch of telephony-service.
Set distro and arch with distro=20.04 and arch=arm64.
Enter directory and run the command 'crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:${distro}" --architecture="${arch}" build'

If I navigate repo2ubports com I see that the package is located in the lomiri-history-service folder.
Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

lduboeuf · 17 Aug 2024, 15:50

@Timespansoul
humm that is out of my skills sorry, but something is wrong regarding a dependency.
In the very last way to try to build it, there is a possibility to make a draft MR on gitlab so that the deb is built with the CI.
I will try this week to build it myself with crossbuilder to see, but i'm not an expert on debian things

Timespansoul · 17 Aug 2024, 18:41

@lduboeuf I think by the time I'm done with this I might be an expert haha. I opened an issue for telephony-service on gitlab. I'll look into making a merge request, though I hardly know what the process involves.

You seem like a one man army in here haha. Your name pops up a lot in many different places. Thanks for the effort man! I know it's a thankless job but your time is appreciated albeit by few. Thanks for looking into this.

lduboeuf · 18 Aug 2024, 17:11

@Timespansoul said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:

@lduboeuf I think by the time I'm done with this I might be an expert haha. I opened an issue for telephony-service on gitlab. I'll look into making a merge request, though I hardly know what the process involves.

You seem like a one man army in here haha. Your name pops up a lot in many different places. Thanks for the effort man! I know it's a thankless job but your time is appreciated albeit by few. Thanks for looking into this.

humm, so i've checked out the ubports/focal branch and did crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 build , and it get build. But i admit i haven't clean my project before since i face internet issue currently...
But iirc on many project we need to specify some foreign installs first before build, like:
crossbuilder inst-foreign=dh-translations --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64

Timespansoul · 19 Aug 2024, 03:15

@lduboeuf said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:

crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 build

When I use the command:

crossbuilder inst-foreign dh-translations --lxd-image=ubuntu:20.04 --architecture=arm64

i get this error:

Error: Failed to fetch instance "lomiri-telephony-service-usdk-16-04-amd64-armhf-dev" in project "default": Instance not found

I did fiddle with this command for a bit a couple of nights ago to no avail. I tried installing liblomirihistoryservice-dev:arm64 via inst-foreign. Didn't have any luck. I noticed it always mentions xenial with that command.

I ended up drafting a merge request. The package fails to build on mandatory distribution. It fails to build binaries. It's being looked into by the maintainer.

lduboeuf · 19 Aug 2024, 06:57

@Timespansoul said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:

@lduboeuf said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:

crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 build

When I use the command:

crossbuilder inst-foreign dh-translations --lxd-image=ubuntu:20.04 --architecture=arm64

i get this error:

Error: Failed to fetch instance "lomiri-telephony-service-usdk-16-04-amd64-armhf-dev" in project "default": Instance not found

I did fiddle with this command for a bit a couple of nights ago to no avail. I tried installing liblomirihistoryservice-dev:arm64 via inst-foreign. Didn't have any luck. I noticed it always mentions xenial with that command.

I ended up drafting a merge request. The package fails to build on mandatory distribution. It fails to build binaries. It's being looked into by the maintainer.

Regarding your MR, i don't see why you added .gitlab-ci.yml , core projects are not built with gitlab CI but with Jenkins ( auto run when pushing to the MR), explaining that you don't have any package built.

The error "lomiri-telephony-service-usdk-16-04-amd64-armhf-dev" you got seems weird, i don't see why 16.04 is there

lduboeuf · 19 Aug 2024, 07:40

indeed, i've tried to start from scratch, and it fails to build with crossbuilder now:
First try with: "crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 build"

mk-build-deps: Unable to install telephony-service-cross-build-deps at /usr/bin/mk-build-deps line 457.
mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages

second try, i have some 404

Err:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main arm64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.82 80]

lduboeuf · 19 Aug 2024, 08:12

second try, i have some 404

Err:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main arm64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.82 80]

That one is fixed with that MR: https://github.com/ubports/crossbuilder/pull/78
But still not working...

lduboeuf · 19 Aug 2024, 09:05

@lduboeuf said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:

second try, i have some 404
Err:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main arm64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.82 80]
That one is fixed with that MR: https://github.com/ubports/crossbuilder/pull/78
But still not working...

ok, got it build locally, was not easy...
From a clean install ( crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 delete )
I've first change this in debian/control file:

dconf-cli <!nocheck>,
....
python3:any <!nocheck>,

Then installed dh-translations: "crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 inst-foreign dh-translations"

It failed to find inttool and jq, i've tried to install them via inst-foreign too, but got a message saying that tmp/debian already exist, i removed it from the "foreign" folder, then retry a build, and it worked....

lduboeuf · 19 Aug 2024, 09:24

@lduboeuf said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:

@lduboeuf said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:
second try, i have some 404
Err:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/main arm64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.82 80]
That one is fixed with that MR: https://github.com/ubports/crossbuilder/pull/78
But still not working...
ok, got it build locally, was not easy...
From a clean install ( crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 delete )
I've first change this in debian/control file:
dconf-cli <!nocheck>,
....
python3:any <!nocheck>,
Then installed dh-translations: "crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 inst-foreign dh-translations"

It failed to find inttool and jq, i've tried to install them via inst-foreign too, but got a message saying that tmp/debian already exist, i removed it from the "foreign" folder, then retry a build, and it worked....

oh, just noticed that if you change also in debian/control, it works directly:
dh-translations:all,

see MR: https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/lomiri-telephony-service/-/merge_requests/98

Timespansoul · 19 Aug 2024, 13:58

@lduboeuf I'll be the first to admit that I have no idea what I'm doing lol. Should I delete the yml file? This gitlab stuff is a bit convoluted. Much of this is new to me.

lduboeuf · 19 Aug 2024, 14:19

@Timespansoul said in Issues building lomiri-telephony-service:

@lduboeuf I'll be the first to admit that I have no idea what I'm doing lol. Should I delete the yml file? This gitlab stuff is a bit convoluted. Much of this is new to me.

yes you can remove it

Timespansoul · 19 Aug 2024, 19:52

@lduboeuf Here are my results.

I deleted image with:

crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 delete

I edited the control file:

cmake,
               dbus-test-runner,
               dconf-cli<!nocheck>,
               debhelper-compat (= 12),
               dh-migrations | hello,
               gnome-keyring,
               liblomirihistoryservice-dev,
               libicu-dev,
               libmessaging-menu-dev,
               libnotify-dev,
               libphonenumber-dev,
               libtelepathy-qt5-dev,
               libprotobuf-dev,
               libpulse-dev,
               liblomiri-url-dispatcher-dev,
               pkg-config,
               python3:any<!nocheck>,
               qml-module-qttest,
               qtbase5-dev (>= 5.0),
               qtdeclarative5-dev (>= 5.0),
               qtdeclarative5-dev-tools (>= 5.0),
               qtfeedback5-dev,
               qml-module-lomiri-components,
               qml-module-lomiri-layouts,
               qml-module-lomiri-performancemetrics,
               qml-module-lomiri-test,
               qtmultimedia5-dev (>= 5.0),
               qtpim5-dev (>= 5),
               libusermetricsinput-dev,
               telepathy-mission-control-5,
               xvfb <!nocheck>,

i then ran the build command:

crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 build

I got these errors:

mk-build-deps: Unable to install lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps at /usr/bin/mk-build-deps line 457.
mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages

I then attempted to install dh-translations:

 crossbuilder --lxd-image="ubuntu:20.04" --architecture=arm64 inst-foreign dh-translations

get this error:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dh-translations:
 dh-translations depends on intltool; however:
  Package intltool is not installed.
 dh-translations depends on jq; however:
  Package jq is not installed.

I then delete the tmp/DEBIAN folder :

sudo rm -r foreign/tmp/DEBIAN

and run the build command and get this error:

mk-build-deps: Unable to install lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps at /usr/bin/mk-build-deps line 457.
mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages

EDIT: dh-translations actually did install at this point in my process.

I am then was able to successfully install dh-translations.

Installing dh-translations
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/universe amd64 dh-translations all 144.20.04.0 [25.0 kB]
Fetched 25.0 kB in 0s (54.4 kB/s)         
dpkg-deb: building package 'dh-translations' in 'dh-translations_144.20.04.0_all.deb'.
(Reading database ... 59309 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../dh-translations_144.20.04.0_all.deb ...
Unpacking dh-translations (144.20.04.0) over (144.20.04.0) ...
Setting up dh-translations (144.20.04.0) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...

I then run the build command and get these errors:

Investigating (0) lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps:arm64 < 1.0 @iU mK Nb Ib >
Broken lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps:arm64 Depends on liblomirihistoryservice-dev:arm64 < none @un H >
  Removing lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps:arm64 because I can't find liblomirihistoryservice-dev:arm64
Done

and this one again:

mk-build-deps: Unable to install lomiri-telephony-service-cross-build-deps at /usr/bin/mk-build-deps line 457.
mk-build-deps: Unable to install all build-dep packages

This whole process was tried with "dh-translations:all," in the control file with the same result.

Timespansoul · 19 Aug 2024, 19:54

It seems as though the syntax you provided, with inst-foreign dh-translations before the distro and arch variables gives the xenial error I mentioned.

lduboeuf · 19 Aug 2024, 20:58

@Timespansoul it seems you are on main branch, please double check.

There should be dh-translations:all in control file

Timespansoul · 19 Aug 2024, 23:52

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Timespansoul · 20 Aug 2024, 00:03

Hold on here...

Timespansoul · 20 Aug 2024, 03:08

@lduboeuf Ok. My apologies, I was somehow working with main again. Not sure why I kept that.

Ok so I made sure to be in the right directory this time(ehem, cough).

I followed the directions you provided in the above post and the package built successfully! Thank you Iduboeuf!

I had to give writing rights to a few files which was pretty straight forward. I also noticed that my syntax was incorrect in my control file as you can see in my above post. I forgot to add a space before the <!nocheck>. It would've failed anyway I imagine.

My brain feels so much better now. I've never been happier to see a tar file! I'll mark this as solved right away.

Thank you very much for helping me with this. Considering the edits needed in the control file I think it would've taken me a lot longer to solve this on my own. I can say that I've learned a lot along way. Gitlab is new to me and there is much to learn.

lduboeuf · 20 Aug 2024, 06:17

@Timespansoul
Glad it worked.

If you run crossbuilder.... without the build it will auto deploy to the device ( but sometimes it fails so you have to install it manually ....)

johndoe · 21 Aug 2024, 23:03

I have no idea about this program or could help here. But I was seeing that there was a discussion about how to build it for multiple days.
If it is not obvious how to build it, it should maybe be mentioned in the README. Just as a suggestion...